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I find the NY Times piece interesting( although I don't have time to read the full article which I believe may say a bit more than the few paragraphs lifted here). I have a neighbor and another friend whom both happen to be Pharm reps for different companies. I have to disagree with the characterization of pharm reps as "cheerleaders" and such. I believe that to be a VERY broad generalization of the profession. My neighbor, for example, deals with orthapedic surgeons, he actually sits in on surgery procedures from time to time to assist/watch/whatever(I don't have a med background nor am I going to pretend to). He is HIGHLY schooled and most certainly would take offense to this broad sweeping characterization( I must keep in mind here that I am dealing with the NY times, one of the most leftist newspapers in the nation...Good offbeat articles if you stay away from the political hacks who run it however) of the Pharm rep industry. My other friend who is a re
p for
Merck(sp?) isn't overly attractive (no offense if you are reading this Julie) and works her butt off traveling on the road. Does she glad hand people and buy lunches/dinners? Sure, no more than a sales rep from TRW does to a buyer for GM or Chrysler. I certainly believ that healthcare should be overhauled, do we however have the right to tell drug companies what they should profit? Don't they rely on profits from the western world to fund the development of future drugs?( yes they do) Don't they also use that profit so that they may also sell it to third world countries at a deeply discounted price?(again, yes) and do they have PACs in Washinmgton? of course, every major industry that does business in this country has peope spending ungodly amounts of cash on pols in Washington, That, unfortunately, is how things get done there whether we like it or not. I think we should take a good look at the pharm industry from a differnt angle before we chastise them for making pr
ofits
here in the USA, this is after all a free-market economy is it not?
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